Best Taiwanese pork chop?

A mention of Jin Yuan (in Industry) reminded me to ask: who has the best Taiwanese pork chop in the LA area? So far my experience of this dish is limited to the "Railroad" at Why Thirsty, which is decent, but -- as I understand it -- not a classical version. (It's not crispy.)

They say it's the "people's choice" ie, there was some kind of voting. I used to be a huge fan of Liang's "red yeast" PCR, and that Lollicup does have one of the baddest fry stations of all Lollicups.

Bobee5, which I tried upon seeing wacowla, was underwhelming for me; OTOH, ChowChick was like: OMFG, that's the best pork chop rice in LA.

But I'm with ips: Old Country Cafe FTMFW. If they didn't have a front door, I could almost imagine it being a Taipei shack. Now, he speaks of the Temple City location, and I frequent the Alhambra station, but, for the money/speed/accompanying stir fries/taste... OCC over Dolphin/Sin(m)bala (which were all glossed over in wacowla).

It also happens to be one of the oldest Taiwanese restaurants still in existence. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Correct. Old Country in Alhambra is the oldest Taiwanese restaurant in continual operation at same location. Lee's Garden 2nd oldest. Love the homey feel of Alhambra location...and the food is very good.

I don't know why we don't do to Old Country Cafe more often. I think we've been there only twice. My Lovely Tasting Assistant™ was jonesing for a pork chop rice and we went last weekend. Jebus H Criminy- that thing is huge, and delicious, and inexpensive. Fried pork chop over minced pork on rice, with some pickles fresh veggies and a couple o' scoops of suan cai. Is there really any better definition of comfort food? I think if any Taiwanese dish is going to cross the laowai barrier, pork chop rice should be it... what other dish would appeal to the rural farmer as well as the urbanite? Two Americas, joined by pork chop rice!

While I don't disagree with you Mr. T (cuz I love me a good PCR, and the one from OCC is by far one of the best, if not the best, renditions), I think my favorite comfort food on a plate with rice right now might be the Eggplant Rice with minced meat at 101 Noodle.

I think that dish could bring Kim Jong Un out of seclusion cuz Dennis Rodman's got nothing on Eggplant Rice.

Been eyeing that eggplant rice the past couple of times at 101 Noodle Express based on your rec. Is there any basil in that version? I like the basil versions mejor.

FWIW, the PCR at 101 Noodle Express is massive and a bit excessive even for a glutton. It's the exact opposite of the version at Din Tai Fung. The 101 version being thick, fatty, and surrounded in crust. I think there were at least 3 bone in chops on that plate. Plenty to take home and eat later.

For favorite (taiwanese) comfort food, I'm going to go with lu rou fan (braised pork on rice) from either Tofu King or Taipei Bistro. It should be eaten fresh, as the oil/fat will cool and sort of solidify on the rice if you take to go and the texture isn't the same anymore.

For porkchop rice, agree with OCC, I also had a good experience at "May's Chinese Restaurant" on Duarte in Arcadia. Though subsequent visits yielded bland-er tasting porkchops. Personally I find that the tw style porkchops happen to be kind of dry in general, even when I ate them in tw.

Nice Time Deli still has the best Taiwanese pork chop in my opinon. Their menu is still available at Machi Fusion in Arcadia during lunch. It's pounded thin and battered in sweet potato starch. Garlicky, crispy, and a little sweet. Perfect!

I understood it referred to ipsedixit's post. What I thought wanderlustre was saying is that the owners of Won Won Kitchen have now opened another place. If so, I'd be interested in the name of the place.

Tried it today food is considerably better than Won Won and even though Chandavkl mentioned portions are smaller, I felt just as full from before. In fact I'm thinking about getting it again very soon since its so close to my house. Their fried chicken cutlet rice ain't half bad either. Pork chop is not fried though for those who care but it's not dry and overcooked like it was most of the time at Won Won, in fact it was so moist I had to make sure the pork wasn't raw/undercooked.